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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2519/84

of 30 August 1984

on the application of the additional measures applicable to holders of long-term storage contracts for certain table wines for the 1983/84 wine-growing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/84 (2), and in particular Article 12a (5) thereof,

Whereas the measures to support the wine market which were employed during the 1983/84 winegrowing year have not in all cases given the desired results; whereas Article 2 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2463/84 of 20 August 1984 laying down detailed rules for the application of the additional measures applicable to holders of long-term storage contracts for table wine for the 1983/84 wine-growing year (3) provides that the period of three consecutive weeks referred to in Article 12a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 must fall between 15 July and 30 November; whereas since 15 July the representative prices for table wines of type A I, A II, A III, R I and R II have remained lower than the activating price for three consecutive weeks; whereas the conditions laid down in Article 12a (1) are thus satisfied;

Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2463/84 provides for the fixing of the quantity of wine under storage contract which may be distilled and the duration of any storage contracts; whereas, having regard to the market situation as indicated by the harvest forecasts and the levels of stocks at the end of the wine-growing year, the said quantity should be fixed at the maximum level laid down in Article 12a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, and the said duration at four months;

Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Holders of long-term storage contracts for table wine other than table wine of type R III may, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2463/84:

- distil a quantity of wine under contract up to 18 % of their total table wine production in the 1983/84 wine year,

- in respect of all or part of the table wine under contract in excess of 18 % of their total table wine production in the 1983/84 wine year, conclude one or more storage contracts for a period of four months.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September 1984.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 August 1984.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 115, 1. 5. 1984, p. 77.

(3) OJ No L 231, 29. 8. 1984, p. 24.